The images were coloured with chalks, which was also a new medium to the participants.

Unfortunately the quote is not on the new set, but the flowers and leaves are all there.

I also taught them that a wee smudge is not the end of a card, by using these wee butterflies as 'cover-ups'. I believe that 'rescue' techniques are as important as the basic techniques. A few pearls finished the card.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Winter has well and truly arrived here in the Antipodes, and I have been busy in the studio. I also had a card class to run this week.

I am going to share a rather quirky card I made for our anniversary recently.

I made the moon by cutting a circle with a die, and then moved the die and re-cut it. The hearts are 'confetti' that I have had for years, as are the letter set of stamps which have not seen ink before now.

The letters were deliberately stamped randomly and then embossed. I also stamped them loosely on the inside.

I had to give the card before I was able to photograph it, hence the yellow post-it note across where I had written.

A closer view...

The salutation is from a retired Layers of Color set, and IRL is bright red - for whatever reason the computer changed the colour when I cropped the image.

To finish the inside panel I die cut three hearts and added the same confetti to the centre of them that I had used on the outside.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

I received some happy mail from Sweet n Sassy stamps earlier this week, and just had to play - this is the outcome.

I used the large image from the Perfect Poppies set, white embossed it on red card, then painted it with Iridescent Red Twinkling H2O paint.

which can just been seen in the above photograph.

I used a twist on the sketch I had seen, and added the lace on the right side of the card after changing the lace from white to off white by sponging it with Tea Stain distress ink. I also embossed the cream layer with a script folder.

The sentiment was stamped with Barn Door distress ink before I embossed the panel, and I deliberately left it clear of the embossing folder.

Deep red pearls were added for interest, and the poppy image stamped inside the card as a finishing detail.

Monday, May 6, 2013

My lovely friend Linda sent me a R.A.K. some time ago, and in it was some wallpaper that was part of a sample, and I have used part of it for this card.

The texture in the pattern of the wallpaper was so lovely I did not really want to hide it, so designed the card to maximise it. I started by sponging the edges of the paper with pink ink.

The images are from a retired Layers of Color set by Nina Bracket, Dotted Dahlias. I coloured them with chalks and after sealing them, sprayed them with platinum coloured shimmer paint, some of which you can see in the above photograph. I cut the image with an oval die, and sponged just inside the edge with blue ink before I removed the die.

The ribbon was folded in half to get the depth of colour I wanted, and then tied in a simple knot with a wee strip passed through that. Quite an effective look, but it lies really flat for posting. The blue base of the card was also sponged with blue ink before assembling the whole.

The final touch was a rhinestone flourish and some others on the opposite corners.

About Me

I am first and foremost a Christian, who was married to a most wonderful Godly man for 43 years. We were/I am blessed with two adult offspring and three beautiful grandchildren. There are also others in our 'patchwork family' whom we love dearly.

I am a New Zealander, aka a Kiwi, and have lived here all my life, although I have traveled to Australia and Tonga for holidays.

I love crafting and gardening. Housework and cooking are inescapable essentials!!